Steel mine tie



C. S. DEAN I STEEL MINE TIE Filed Feb. ,1924- mama Dec. 2, 1924.

UNITED TAT S cmnnns s. DEAN, or rAmMonn-wnsrvraemhg s cification, reference being had'therein to l the web whereby old-andworn ,out rails can i be used and atruefiugefmaintained.

my invention showing the rails and a This invention relates tocertain 'new and useful improvements in steelmine' tiesjes 'pecially-dadapted' to 'befused'ffo'r laying. tracks in mines,

Another 'tion s pro vide a tiewhich is so'constructedthat the form of keeper .which'fv 1 curely in'place. I

Application flledrehruary 2a, 1924. serial in. 895,041; j p

The endsof the channel bar 1 from which* thetie-l'is formed are bent upwardlyand in- 1 wardl as shown at2-to" form hooks'adapsted I jitoem met; the outside basesof the h 3, {the extier'x e"v ends' being {bent upwardly into vertical position as shown atl'j4 -to engage; the webiof the rails A, whereb' a; tie formed; .to aip'roper gauge will hol the" rails 3to -a true gaugeirrespective-of-jhe worn con- I- dition of-the rails used in .forming a track. Hf};Pivotallylmounted adjacent each end of 'tl1je"rai1 arekeepers 5 andL-6 herein To wlwm may Cmnnns' SiDnAN, a

Be it known that'I,

citizen, of the United States, reSiding'T-aaiI: Fairmont, rinthe count 7 of .Man'on'lahd- State of- West Virginia, ave invented'cer l tam new and useful-Improvements in S teel Mine Ties, of which the following is a t e accompanying drawing.

' theobject "being to provide a tie which is ,very durable and one in" which a temporary or permanent track can he la d q i k1y MA:

Proper gauge is s ee i biiw s mi the ends of. the tie with portionsjto engage -Another and er; bject" ofthe in-f venti'on is to provide-"a; ie"'--'wi-th 'anovel-f' siiadapted to be driven into engagement with the rail sons" to hold the same securely, said keeper bein so constructed thatit canbe turned .aroun and used for holding the jumper rail se -r Another and further object of the hi I vention is to provides, tie which is exceedingly simple and cheap in construction, the arts being so connected that it is impossible orthem to'be misplaced whennot in use.

Other and further objects'and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the'append'ed claim. x h A In the drawings,

' Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in sec tion of a tie constructed in accordance with jumper rail in position;'

Figure 2 1s a top plfi v fil r being shown in section; and.

re 3 is a detail elevation, part1 pin section, of a'slightly modified form 0 tie especially adapted to be used upon a per.- manent track. 1 1

In carrying 'out my invention I construct the tie out o a piece of channel steel with the edges of the channel 'extend-ingidownwardly asfclearly shown in order toimbed themselves a road'bed to prevent the tie Figu hammer into rar "end porinoun'tedfljoni rivets" 7 a and having y to. em-

portions terminating in. Vertical: and-11, which-are provided rounded faces -12 in=order1to allow these faces to be driven against the inner faces ofthe webs Ztot the rails to fforce said rails against the .vertlcal portion 4 of the tie so es to lock fthe rails securely in position;

brace htliev insideybases loft e rails 3, said rtions i The :othenends-of' hekeepers arerounded as shown at113 These keepers are so mounted thataftenthe'railsflhave been placed in position with thekeepers swung at right angles the tie, they can-be swung on the pivots and driven with an axe or sledge the position shown in Figures y In Figures 1i and 2, I have shown a jumper rail 14 disposed at one end of the tie with the keeper 6 swung into a reverseposi tion so that the rounded end 13 is brought into engagement with the base of the keeper rail 14in order to force the head of the rail against the web of the adjacent rail 3 in order to lock said jum '1- rail in position.

It is, of course, un er'stood that when a 7 jum r rail is not used, the rounded ends 12 of t e keepers are forced into engagement be used to lock the rails forming the track with the web of the rails and by th1s particular construction, the same keepercanf position on the tie or a jumper railin connection with the usual rails, as b the particular construction of keeper an the position of the same, either one of the keepersican'be reversed and a' jumper rail placed in' 'positionon the tie and secured, said jumper rail alsov holding the adjacent rail in osition on the tie. 1 11 Figure 3 I show a channel tie 15 the end of which is bent back upon itse as shown at 16 and then upwardly as shown at ,17 to engage base of the rail, then vertically as shown at 18 to engage the web of the rail, said tie being provided with a keeper 19 constructed substantially in the same manner as shown in Fi res 1 and 2. The portions 16 of the end 0 the tie which is bent back upon itself, are secured together by a rivet 20 and this provides a tie with an extension at its end to increase the length of the tie to pnovide a tie which can be used on an ordinary railroad.

It mightbe found of instances to use such a construction of tie in connection with a mine track and there' fore I do not wish to limit myself to either form as my invention consists in forming a channel tie with a portion bent in such a position that it has a web-engaging portion to hold the rail at a true gauge in connection with the particular construction of keeper which is reversible.

From the foregoing description it will be advantage in some eraeea seen that I have provided a rail tie formed of a piece of channel steel with the flanges of the channel extending downwardly with its ends bent to engage base and web receiving portions of the rails in connection with a novel form of keeper which can be driven into set position so as to hold the rails in true alignment and at the proper signature.

CHARLES S. DEAN. 

